Flashback to 1964

The Golden Gopher baseball program honored its 1964 national champions at Saturday's game against Purdue. That team 50 years ago put together one of the best seasons in school history and brought home the program's third College
World Series title, all under coach Dick Siebert.

Minnesota started its season with a 3-8 record on its trip
to Texas. The Gophers bounced back with 11 straight victories. After dropping their
conference opener, the Gophers rattled off eight consecutive wins.

Minnesota went 31-12 overall, including a 11-3 mark in
conference play. The Gophers won their seventh Big Ten championship, which was
their fifth with Siebert at the helm. The Gophers went on to play in the NCAA Midwest
Regional and beat Kent State twice to advance to the College World Series.

In Omaha, Minnesota beat Texas A&M, Maine and USC before
losing to Missouri for its first loss of the double elimination tournament. But the Gophers beat the Tigers 5-1 in their second meeting
to claim the national title.

Joe Pollack pitched three complete game victories in the World
Series. He was joined on the All-Tournament Team by All-American catcher Ron Wojciak,
first baseman Bill Davis, second baseman Dewey Markus and outfielder Dave Hoffman.

Davis, Pollack and Wojciak were all inducted into the "M" Club Hall of Fame.